Photo: Walter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5Most of Rocky Point commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Rocky Point has 9 jobs, against 99 working residents. Only 1% work in Rocky Point; the top destination outside it is Klamath Falls (26%, 23 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Oregon 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Rocky Point, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Rocky Point on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Rocky Point’s residents
Where Rocky Point clocks in
26% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Rocky Point
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocky Point, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 9. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rocky Point
of Rocky Point workers work from home, vs 19% across Oregon. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Oregon: 80% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Rocky Point
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Rocky Point: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rocky Point?
15.3%, against 11.9% across Oregon and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rocky Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Klamath Falls (26%, 23 mi), Altamont (8%, 26 mi), Keno (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rocky Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocky Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocky Point
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.